Rmit Vietnam

On the occasion of RMIT Vietnam’s 15th anniversary on September 21, 2016, VIR talks with RMIT Vietnam’s president Prof. Gael McDonald about the university’s contributions to Vietnam during the past 15 years of the country’s growth, modernisation, and internationalisation.

Ease of finding a well-paid job, a comfortable and affordable cost of living, and an interesting culture are some major reasons for scores of foreigners from across the globe to come to Vietnam to work as teachers.

In the high excitement leading up to the start of the World Cup on June 12 in Brazil, Bayer Vietnam last week organised a ceremony at the New World Saigon Hotel to announce to local soccer fans its contribution to the sporting spectacle.

HCMC - RMIT International University Vietnam held a function last week for the inauguration of Academic Building 2 at its Saigon South campus in District 7, which helps double the Australian-owned university’s teaching space in HCMC.

HCMC Vice Chairman Le Manh Ha told a recent seminar here that the city this year would deploy a state-of-the-art project for the chip industry as it has had all necessary fundamentals for this, and the city’s government will focus recourses on realizing this project. However, in an interview with The Saigon Times Daily after Ha announced the ambitious project, Professor Serge Demidenko, head of the Center of Technology at RMIT Vietnam, recommends some ‘food for thought’ for HCMC if...